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• Arizona passes law requiring students to pass civics test
• Data Show Which Top-Ranked Colleges Operate Most Efficiently
• U.S colleges struggle to manage financial pressure in buyer's market: S&P

Arizona passes law requiring students to pass civics test Posted: 15 Jan 2015 04:31 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Thursday became the first state in the nation to pass legislation requiring high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship test on civics before they can graduate — part of a growing nationwide effort to boost civics education.

Data Show Which Top-Ranked Colleges Operate Most Efficiently Posted: 15 Jan 2015 06:30 AM PST Ohio's Miami University--Oxford took top honors as the most efficient school among National Universities and Michigan's Hope College was most efficient among National Liberal Arts Colleges in an exclusive U.S. News analysis that compared spending and educational quality.

U.S colleges struggle to manage financial pressure in buyer's market: S&P Posted: 14 Jan 2015 09:23 PM PST (Reuters) - The U.S. higher education sector is bracing for another difficult year in 2015 as colleges and universities face a tug-of-war to balance tuition affordability with rising costs. A new report from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services found that while American students still want to attend post-secondary education, they are demanding better value for their tuition dollars. As a result, the not-for-profit higher education environment has become a more competitive, buyer's market, forcing universities to discount tuition despite growing costs. "This competitive landscape is beneficial to students but financially challenging for colleges," said S&P analyst Jessica Matsumori.

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